Willie "Rat" McGowan

Willie E. McGowan

• School Kansas State University, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College

• Born April 7, 1939
• Died November 5, 2019

Biographical Information

Willie "Rat" McGowan coached college baseball for over 35 years.

McGowan was an All-Conference guard in football while at Alcorn State University. He then was a teacher and coach at Central High School (1961-1964) and Higgins High School (1966-1968) with a stint at junior high in between.

In 1968, McGowan joined his alma mater as defensive backs coach; he remained there through 1993. He became head baseball coach at Alcorn State in 1972 and held that job through 2009, winning 720 games before retiring. He coached Al Jones at Alcorn State.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1972	Alcorn A&M	20-9	12-6
1973	Alcorn A&M	19-12
1974	Alcorn A&M	19-11	7-11
1975	Alcorn State University	9-11
1976	Alcorn State University	19-8
1977	Alcorn State University	15-17
1978	Alcorn State University	24-10
1979	Alcorn State University	16-11-1	7-5
1980	Alcorn State University	14-14
1981	Alcorn State University	21-6	8-3	SWAC
1982	Alcorn State University	4-19
1983	Alcorn State University	18-15	10-7	SWAC
1984	Alcorn State University	14-18	4-13
1985	Alcorn State University	23-14-1	12-6	SWAC
1986	Alcorn State University	15-12*	12-6*	SWAC
1987	Alcorn State University	19-17	14-6	SWAC
1988	Alcorn State University	20-21	18-6	SWAC
1989	Alcorn State University	17-21	14-6	SWAC
1990	Alcorn State University	13-25-1	12-10	SWAC
1991	Alcorn State University	16-21-1	7-10-1
1992	Alcorn State University	20-24	11-12
1993	Alcorn State University	10-22	8-11	SWAC
1994	Alcorn State University	14-23-1	12-12
1995	Alcorn State University	19-18	13-7	SWAC
1996	Alcorn State University	18-23	10-7	SWAC
1997	Alcorn State University	28-17	16-6	SWAC
1998	Alcorn State University	17-26-1	9-17
1999	Alcorn State University	22-22	11-8	SWAC
2000	Alcorn State University	18-11	13-5
2001	Alcorn State University	26-19	21-8	SWAC
2002	Alcorn State University	24-22	18-14	SWAC
2003	Alcorn State University	20-28	14-18
2004	Alcorn State University	20-22	13-17
2005	Alcorn State University	22-18-1	14-9	SWAC
2006	Alcorn State University	26-21	18-6	SWAC
2007	Alcorn State University	25-20	15-9	SWAC
2008	Alcorn State University	29-16	15-9	SWAC
2009	Alcorn State University	29-19	12-9	SWAC

* 5 conference wins later forfeited by SWAC. Records became 10-17 & 7-11.

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